Hur Ieshesh Protean saknar något?

Det var smak som inte gjorde det genom designteamet.

När de först uppträdde, på Legacy of Fire 4 (som var 3.5 ), hade de följande beskrivning:

As this serpentine creature slithers forward, its body combining elements of snake, bird, and human, a visible shiver shudders through the fabric of reality. Its unblinking eyes reveal a patient and powerful intelligence, while from nowhere and everywhere at once resonates a susurrus of infectiously spreading whispers.

(...)

However, their most marked trait is the subtle telepathic whisper that constantly surrounds them, reaching out to touch the minds of those they encounter, capable of confusing the weak-minded and even temporarily altering their alignments.

Deras ark liknar emellertid mycket som vi fick på Bestiary 2. Det var enkelt omvandlat, färdigheter ändrade, vissa saker ändrats, men nästan allt annat är detsamma.

Det verkar som att denna förmåga borde vara relaterad till deras warpwave -förmåga, men alla resultat på rullen (B2 det är en d20, i 3.5 det var en d10) är fysiska förändringar på målet. Annat än det har det en permanent effekt på tungor , men jag misslyckas med att se hur det är mer kaotisk-inducerande än att försöka lista ut vad denna smaktext talar om .

Intrigued, frågade jag författaren till det mesta av planarrelaterat material från paizos lag, Todd Stewart , och det var hans svar :

I think that this was a case of the original flavor text being retained, but an ability reflective of that being replaced at some point along the way. I've always played them as surrounded by that whispering aura that may or may not be talking to anyone specifically near them (and in fact it might keep talking to you in dozens of different voices, all at different volumes, all in different languages, all from different apparent points of origin including inside your own head).

I'd have to go dig up my original draft of the imentesh, but I do know that my original protean trio ended up being tweaked and reworked considerably by several others before we ended up with the final stats in Bestiary 2. I'm considerably happy with where they ended up, let me be very clear about that.

Without looking, I strongly suspect that the warpwave ability (which is amazing but takes up a lot of space) ended up replacing a few other things, including a bevy of SLAs and probably an aura that dovetailed on that fluff.

The imentesh are also one of my favorite monsters to use just in non-combat encounters with PCs. I had one of them show up in the Maelstrom borderlands and just fall in with them, badgering them about where they were going (while actively bending the landscape around them to keep them walking in circles), and then keep showing back up at odd points and insist that it wasn't them, but another imentesh altogether who'd been making an ass of themselves to the PCs.

Den ursprungliga smak som han nämner kan ses på The Great Beyond inställningsboken, som skrevs för 3,5 och beskriver planerna för deras kampanjinställning:

The imentesh proteans seek the same, but through subtlety and persuasion, like wandering prophets of chaos infecting minds, philosophies, and even religions.

I Eldsvåda ser vi att Imentesh inte är det kaotiskt, varelsen där försöker rimligen diskutera med datorns (jag försöker inte förstöra något i äventyret till läsare):

As she moves to greet the PCs, trusting her shape to keep them from attacking, she watches and waits to see what the PCs do. Lahapraset’s initial goal is to determine if the PCs’ curiosity and temper are such that they would be capable of reasonable discussion, or if they are merely mindless slayers and killers. If the PCs attack, she simply regards them with an expression of mixed disappointment and anger before resuming its true form as a free action.

Det finns tre Imentesh i Pathfinder Scenario # 04-20 " Ancient Worlds , med mer information om hur de beter sig när de är i en grupp eller ett litet samhälle. Deras förmågor är precis vad vi fick på Bestiary 2, dock.

Slutligen stöder Ultimate Magic också Todds smakidéer för dem:

Imentesh (SR 21): These heralds of chaos often heed the call of binders who wish to utilize the power of proteans. In conversation they are often talkative, seemingly helpful, and polite, but they are always plotting their escape in order to unleash as much chaos as possible.

Svaret från James Jacobs , paizos kreativa riktning var likartat, men lägger också till mer information:

It was flavor that we had to cut because it was both too much to fit on a page and it was a case of flavor text not being properly supported by rules, which is a problem we had now and then a decade or so ago when we were using the 3.5 rules and still finding our feet, I guess. We probably should have toned down even further the implications that their telepathy has weird side effects before printing them in Bestiary 2.

Därför hade de inte ett bra sätt att reproducera denna effekt vid den tiden och bestämde sig för att ändra varandets förmåga att göra något annat, vilket förklarar warpwave -förmågan, som nästan inte hade nämns tillbaka i eldsvåda .